The 2016 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics was the seventh edition of the biennial track and field competition for South American athletes aged under 23 years old, organised by CONSUDATLE. The tournament was held in Lima, Peru at the Villa Deportiva Nacional between 23 and 25 September.
Brazil was the dominant nation, winning 19 gold medals in its haul of 33. Colombia placed second with eight golds among its 22 medals. Ecuador and Peru were the next most successful nations. Brazilian sprinter Rodrigo do Nascimento was the most successful athlete of the tournament, taking four gold medals across the 100 metres, 200 metres, and relay races. Three other athletes won two individual gold medals, all of them women; María Pía Fernández took a middle-distance double for Uruguay, while Claudine Gimenes won a horizontal jumps double and Izabela da Silva a shot/discus double for Brazil.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres (wind:-1.4 m/s) 10.21 10.41 10.47200 metres (wind:0.0 m/s) 21.20 21.36 21.42400 metres 47.07 47.74 48.09800 metres 1:48.31 1:48.85 1:51.881500 metres 3:56.37 3:56.66 3:56.845000 metres 14:27.78 14:28.06 14:29.8110,000 metres 30:01.18 30:01.58 30:05.63110 metres hurdles (wind:+0.4 m/s) 14.10 14.10 14.45400 metres hurdles 52.31 52.98 53.513000 metres steeplechase 9:05.40 9:13.84 9:21.954 × 100 m relayDerick SilvaRodrigo do NascimentoGabriel ConstantinoRicardo de Souza 39.86Juan Carlos MorenoDeivi DíazJhonny RenteríaRaúl Mena 40.70Juan UliánLeonel CarrizoDaniel LonderoGastón Sayago 41.744 × 400 m relayRodrigo do NascimentoMárcio TelesRafael FranciscoAlexander Russo 3:13.73Jean JacomeCarlos PerazaSteeven MedinaIan Corozo 3:17.23Leonel CarrizoSergio PandianiJuan UliánLeandro Paris 3:17.9120 km walk 1:24:41.22 1:25:18.00 1:25:18.13High jump 2.20 m 2.17 m 2.00 mPole vault 5.10 m 5.00 m 4.90 mLong jump 7.80 m 7.61 m 7.39 mTriple jump 15.91 m 15.75 m 15.54 mShot put 18.99 m 16.40 m 16.39 mDiscus throw 57.60 m 52.76 m 51.83 mHammer throw 72.67 m , NR 71.56 m 69.80 mJavelin throw 71.84 m 70.89 m 69.42 mDecathlon 7162 pts 7079 pts 6968 pts
Women 100 metres (wind:0.0 m/s) 11.74 12.012 12.018200 metres (wind:0.0 m/s) 23.95 24.01 24.50400 metres 54.45 54.48 56.08800 metres 2:08.83 2:09.76 2:12.451500 metres 4:24.51 4:25.46 4:26.875000 metres 16:34.66 16:44.87 16:47.3410,000 metres 35:10.63 35:52.81 36:10.55100 metres hurdles (wind:0.0 m/s) 13.52 13.85 14.01400 metres hurdles 59.26 1:01.11 1:01.583000 metres steeplechase 10:05.30 10:05.43 10:26.514 × 100 m relayMariana PorosoRomina CifuentesKatherine ChillamboMaribel Caicedo 45.13Vitória Cristina RosaTamiris de LizMariana FerreiraEvelyn de Paula 45.74Jimena CoparaDiana BazalarMariana MacarachviliGabriela Delgado 47.724 × 400 m relayMelissa GonzalezEvelyn RiveraNatalia PinzónAstrid Balanta 3:42.19Daysiellen DiasTiffani MarinhoKarina da RosaDandadeua da Silva 3:47.14Virginia VillalbaDeyanira OrtizCoraima CortezTania Caicedo 3:51.55 20 km walk 1:39:14.27 1:40:29.49 1:41:18.28High jump 1.76 m 1.76 m 1.76 mPole vault 3.90 m 3.80 mNot awardedLong jump 5.95 m (wind:+0.4 m/s) 5.69 m (wind:+0.4 m/s) 5.60 m (wind:+0.4 m/s)Triple jump 13.12 m (wind:+1.1 m/s) 13.09 m (wind:+1.2 m/s) 12.74 m (wind:+1.0 m/s)Shot put 16.25 m 15.13 m 14.87 mDiscus throw 53.04 m 51.24 m 46.27 mHammer throw 61.55 m 59.54 m 56.39 mJavelin throw 55.94 m 50.91 m 49.23 mHeptathlon 5149 pts 5042 pts 5009 pts
Medal table
Participation Nations could enter up to two athletes per event, and one team per relay, with a squad limit of 85 athletes. Venezuela declined to participate as a result of the Venezuelan economic cris.Venezuela se quedó con ganas de competir en Sudamericano de Atletismo . En Pais Zeta (2016-09-23). Retrieved on 2016-12-30.
References
Medal table Medal Table . Peruvian Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2016-12-30.
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